The Volta regional Minister says his immediate priority is to ensure calm in the regional capital Ho after the weekend violence prompted by the killing of a suspect by the police. The deceased, Atsu Mensah is said to have been shot when he allegedly attempted to stab a police officer during a dawn swoop to arrest drug peddlers at Anlo Kordzi, near the Central market. The youth angered by the death, attacked the police with stones and sticks with many injured as a result. It took the intervention of the military for some calm to be restored. Volta Region Minister Henry Ford Kamel told Joy News “my priority is to ensure that their sanity and order, and security are in place”. He also maintained that tempers were high in the area, and assured that his outfit is working at cooling down tempers and ensuring that security there is not threatened. Mr Kamal said he would ensure that the culprits are brought to book. Thirteen suspects are currently in Police custody assisting investigations. Meanwhile, calm is said to have been restored to the Hohoe township also in the Volta Region, after a standoff between the Zongo Community and the traditional authorities Sunday. Paramount Chief of the Gbi Traditional Area, Torgbui Gabusu the sixth, banned the Zongo community from burying their dead in the town. The timely intervention of the district security council and the national Chief Imam averted a communal clash. The ban was in response to their alleged manhandling of some medical staff at the Hohoe hospital provoked by the death of a patient on admission. Torgbe Dokko the third who speaks for Torgbui Gabusu the sixth says they are satisfied.